Karan Johar turns actor?

He has donned many hats... of a director, producer, designer, television host, dance reality show judge. He's also done guest appearances in some films. However, there's no stopping the multi-faceted Karan Johar.

We hear the 40-year-old suave filmmaker is doing a cameo in Hasee Toh Phasee, which he's producing in association with Anurag Kashyap and his partners.

While the details of his role in this Sidharth Malhotra-Parineeti Chopra starrer are not known, one hears that Karan, who has forged a deep relationship with Anurag, is also likely to be seen in a more extensive role, and that too with grey shades, in Bombay Velvet.

Yes, sources tell us that Karan has confirmed to play the part of Khambata, a Parsi industrialist. "Karan suits the character of Khambata as he's got the sophisticated personality required to play a Parsi industrialist," says our source, adding, "Karan's and the leading man of the film, Ranbir's characters are in direct conflict with each other and this is reportedly one of the major highlights."

We tried contacting Karan for a comment, but he was doing a photo-shoot for a television show and didn't revert to our text messages till the time of going to press.